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Demographic and Health Surveys
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MLSYMCOUGH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported coughing as a symptom of malaria.
GENERAL |
Guinea |
Tanzania |
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording (described below), MLSYMCOUGH is largely comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
MLSYMCOUGH is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.
The 1999 Guinea survey includes "Cough or sore throat" as a response category.
The 2015 Tanzania asks specifically about symptoms of malaria in a young child.
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